Saharareporters: The Independent National Election Commission (INEC)
declared All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate
Muhammadu Buhari president-elect of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria.
President-elect Muhammadu Buhari's All Progressives
Congress won the 2015 Nigeria presidential elections by a
comfortable margin of 2, 571, 759 votes after securing a
total of 15,424,921 against Peoples Democratic Party's
(PDP) 12,853,162 votes.
The announcement by INEC Chairman Attahiru Jega was met
with jubilation from many in the streets of Abuja and Lagos,
many of whom sensed president-elect Buhari's impending
victory in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
International election monitors lauded Nigeria's 2015
presidential elections as free and fair. The European Union
Election Monitoring Commission and African Union
announced yesterday that Nigeria's election satisfied
regional and international standards.
The 2015 presidential campaigns at times took dramatic
turns with fears over new INEC anti-corruption provisions
like Permanent Voters Cards (PVC), the decision to postpone
elections originally slated for February, attempts to remove
INEC Chairman Jega, the escalating war between Nigeria's
security services and Boko Haram, and revelation of
President Jonathan's involvement with illegally rigging the
Ekiti State gubernatorial election in 2014.
Muhammadu Buhari will be under enormous pressure
because he is the first candidate in Nigeria's history to
successfully dislodge an incumbent head of state through
elections. President-elect Buhari will also need to contend
with the expecations of the Nigerian public to deliver on his
campaign promises of economic reform, job creation for
unemployed youth, electricity and ICT infrastructure
improvement, and holding government officials and
ministries accountable for corruption.
declared All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate
Muhammadu Buhari president-elect of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria.
President-elect Muhammadu Buhari's All Progressives
Congress won the 2015 Nigeria presidential elections by a
comfortable margin of 2, 571, 759 votes after securing a
total of 15,424,921 against Peoples Democratic Party's
(PDP) 12,853,162 votes.
The announcement by INEC Chairman Attahiru Jega was met
with jubilation from many in the streets of Abuja and Lagos,
many of whom sensed president-elect Buhari's impending
victory in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
International election monitors lauded Nigeria's 2015
presidential elections as free and fair. The European Union
Election Monitoring Commission and African Union
announced yesterday that Nigeria's election satisfied
regional and international standards.
The 2015 presidential campaigns at times took dramatic
turns with fears over new INEC anti-corruption provisions
like Permanent Voters Cards (PVC), the decision to postpone
elections originally slated for February, attempts to remove
INEC Chairman Jega, the escalating war between Nigeria's
security services and Boko Haram, and revelation of
President Jonathan's involvement with illegally rigging the
Ekiti State gubernatorial election in 2014.
Muhammadu Buhari will be under enormous pressure
because he is the first candidate in Nigeria's history to
successfully dislodge an incumbent head of state through
elections. President-elect Buhari will also need to contend
with the expecations of the Nigerian public to deliver on his
campaign promises of economic reform, job creation for
unemployed youth, electricity and ICT infrastructure
improvement, and holding government officials and
ministries accountable for corruption.
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